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O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus | Serenity Ensemble

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Text: O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free; Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me. Underneath me, all around me Is the current of Thy love; Leading onward, leading homeward To my glorious home above. O the deep, deep love of Jesus; Spread His praise from shore to shore. How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore. How He watcheth o'er His loved ones; Died to call them all His own; How for them He intercedeth, Watcheth o'er them from His throne. O the deep, deep love of Jesus; Love of every love, the best. Tis an ocean vast of mercy, tis a haven sweet of rest. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Tis a heaven of heavens to me; And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee. Lyrics: Samuel T. Francis Music: Thomas J. Williams
The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus

Words by Samuel Trevor FrancisMusic by Thomas John WilliamsWritten Tune EBENEZER

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
vast, unmeasured, boundless, free,
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me,
is the current of thy love;
leading onward, leading homeward,
to thy glorious rest above.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
spread his praise from shore to shore!
How he loveth, ever loveth,
changeth never, nevermore;
how he watches o'er his loved ones,
died to call them all his own;
how for them he intercedeth,
watcheth o'er them from the throne.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
love of every love the best:
’tis an ocean vast of blessing,
’tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
and it lifts me up to glory,
for it lifts me up to thee.

Story Behind the Song

Samuel Trevor Francis, an English merchant and lay preacher, wrote the text in the 1870s as a meditation on the immeasurable love of Christ. The hymn’s imagery of an ocean of divine love reflects Victorian evangelical devotional writing and emphasizes Christ’s death, care for his people, and ongoing intercession. It is now most commonly sung to the Welsh tune EBENEZER by Thomas John Williams.

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Found In

Trinity Hymnal, Psalter Hymnal, Baptist Hymnal, The Worshiping Church